• III@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    In their minds the only color that sets one person apart from another is green. And they are going to work tirelessly to ensure theirs get more of it.

  • ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world
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    21 hours ago

    If the justices are just basing their decisions on their political ideologies instead of by the US constitution, doesn’t that make them mere slimy politicians instead of wise judges?

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    Of course they know it exists. Their decisions show they like it and want more of it.

    This miserable headline makes it clear the media is part of the problem, gaslighting people and trying to cover Supreme Court’s racism with ignorance.

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    2 days ago

    Yeah, but we know corruption exists and should go after anyone holding public office at any level who’s taking bribes from billionaires.

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    1 day ago

    I am a dipshitted 20th century racist.

    I spend 30 or 32 years being a leftist and thinking that because I could point out everyone else’s racism I must not be racist.

    Well fuck me when I finally had a very brave black acquaintance say no PEB you are a ignorant racist and you don’t even know it. Microaggressions for the loss.

    I spent a few more years denying it. Then one day it came to me that yeah … I have a ton of racist baggage that I don’t know how to address. I have spent about 20 years since then reading, watching, listening, writing, and speaking and fighting it out with my stupidity and when I could talk to people about it.

    Some of the needle moved from my intellectual efforts, but I’m still so nervous around black people that I’m scared of doing some microaggression and pushing someone into beating the shit out of me that I act super too nice which is just another fucking microaggression.

    And then when I’m hurt or vulnerable it all falls apart and all my efforts fail and I end up experiencing feelings of racism yet again.

    I hate it about me. But yeah if me this dipshit leftist can struggle to come to understand that I am still racist … I don’t know. I’m pretty dumb so I see myself as below average intelligence with a big mouth.

    But maybe everyone else here has this figured out, and Kagan is writing to me specifically about the stupid racism.

    I don’t think so, but maybe.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I mean that’s the thing to do, be continually (not constantly, that’s too often and too stressful) reevaluating your intentional thoughts and actions and seeing where you can do better.

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      so youre saying youre… Afraid for your safety around black people because you got beaten up for something you said at some point? That doesnt sound like self awareness or a micro aggression, that sounds like trauma from catching the wrong person on the wrong day

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          I’m still so nervous around black people that I’m scared of doing some microaggression and pushing someone into beating the shit out of me that I act super too nice which is just another fucking microaggression.

          Maybe I misread this but I don’t think it’s fair to say i made it up out of whole cloth. No well adjusted person is going to beat the shit out of someone because of a microaggression. I cannot imagine where this fear would come from unless this person has actually been beaten up or knows someone who has been beaten up.

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          I was quite drunk and reading between the lines. I still think it’s wild to be afraid of being around black people because you think you’ll get physically harmed for a microaggression. Like, that’s gotta come from somewhere. The way they framed it as “pushing someone into beating the shit out of me” makes it sound like they think they’d deserve it. Which if they were screaming slurs or parroting Nazi talking points, yeah maybe, but those aren’t really micro aggressions are they